Joy Batchelor Movies

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

A feature length instructional video for the Admiralty on coastal navigation and pilotage.

Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a...

A political satire, the first film made by Halas and Batchelor.

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that...

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.